The Fifth Gospel
Ratings8
Average rating3.9
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Ratings8
Average rating3.9
A lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope's final wish converge to send two brothers--both Vatican priests--on an intellectual quest to untangle Christianity's greatest historical mystery.
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Although I love good whodunnit I will be the first to admit I'm not that great at solving them ahead of the end. This one I saw coming fairly early on. However that did not take away on what appears to be a well researched and interesting Vatican caper. Learnt a lot on the fraught relationship between the East and West Church and it added to what I read from [b:Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why 51364 Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why Bart D. Ehrman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1407109431s/51364.jpg 50128] about the contradiction in the Gospels.
Page turner, especially if you like mysteries involving the Catholic church, the gospels and religious icons. I sometimes had difficulty completely understanding the characters' motivations, but the story was engaging nonetheless.
Better than Dan Brown. A bit of a strange anticlimax though. The last third of the book was a bit of, “is this the big secret? no, is this the big secret? No... is this? ...oh, it's over?”
That's probably an exaggeration. But there was at least some of that confusion about what the whole thing was about, as the end approached. Anyway, it's still better than Dan Brown. I enjoyed it. I'd probably read something else by this guy.
